Just getting warmed up. Part two tomorrow.
Posted on 01/20/2007 7:46:41 PM PST by RedRover
The Haditha Marine case, with its leaks of false information including, possibly, tidbits of confessions, has a recent parallel.
Remember the case of Petty Officer Daniel M. King? You don’t?
Evidently, neither does the Washington Post, Associated Press, National Public Radio, and the rest of the media that repeats every NCIS rumor as gospel. This is surprising because it wasn't that long ago that the NCIS lied to them all.
It was the Daniel M. King case, a few short years ago, that should make everyone suspicious of every leak, and every media report, in the Haditha Marines case.
Petty Officer King was a Navy cryptanalyst: Cryptologist Technician (Collection) First Class (CTR1). He was arrested in 1999 on suspicion of espionage, and was summarily stripped of all his rights as a citizen of this country.
NCIS agents administered a polygraph test. It is possible that the agents were not properly trained. In any event, Daniel King’s polygraph was ruled “inconclusive”. At the same time, no hard evidence was found to back up the charge. So the NCIS agents needed a confession.
Petty Officer King was detained by and subjected to a torturous interrogation that lasted over 26 days for 19 to 20 hours at a time.
At a Congressional hearing, attorney Jonathan Turley would testify, “The NCIS manufactured a theory of espionage without foundation and then took steps to compel statements to support that theory. The tapes and evidence secured by the defense in this case reveal agents seeking a trophy not the truth.”
At the same hearing, Lieutenant Robert A. Bailey (JAG, US Naval Reserve), stated:
“The conduct of NCIS agents in this case was nothing short of shocking. Independent reviewers have stated that their techniques were barbaric….
That such conduct occurred at the hands of NCIS is not surprising….Indeed, such conduct is predictable based on the training and guidance manual published by the NCIS.
According to the NCIS Manual, Chapter 14 - Interrogations, any person who adamantly denies any wrongdoing and points to his clean record is "subconsciously confessing."
If a confused suspect asks what is going to happen to him, the NCIS believes this is an indication that he "is beginning a confession."
Additionally, agents are to convey the idea that they will "persist as long as required to resolve the issue under investigation" and that they "will not give up the interrogation."….
[Petty Officer] King's only recourse was to confess to a crime he did not commit in the hopes that he would eventually receive a lawyer and the truth would come out.”
Finally, the truth did come out--despite the efforts of the NCIS. Petty Officer King was not a spy.
He was released in March 2001 after a hellish 520 days in confinement. Confinement in "Special Quarters," the equivalent to maximum security lock-down condition in which he spent approximately 20 hours a day in a six-foot by nine-foot cell.
Today, the NCIS is continuing the same criminal behavior of coercing confessions and ignoring rules and ethics in pursuit of its target. You haven't been reminded of this story in the mainstream media. But the truth is there for anyone willing to look. It's all right here at Documents in the Case of US v. Daniel M. King .
Spreading the word can be an act of patriotism. If the truth stays secret, the very worst of men will bring down our nation's very best.
They probably just asked Sandy Burglar to pass some paper to the Whiteouthouse.
That was pretty good if I do say so myself : )
Break that down for me? I'm trying to listen to the SOTU : ) And I just tonight explained to hubby that I was one of the few, the proud who can hear what the President actually says ; )
Taint got no vicks rub, a belt of Night Qil will have to suffice soon.
That was excellent, ma!
Just getting warmed up. Part two tomorrow.
You're right on all counts, AmeriBrit. The system has never had any oversight and the Iraq war is exposing just how rotten it's become. There have been many warnings over the years including the Cox Commission Report of '02.
The dishonor continues to pour forth.
That is hilarious!
Dude, you have way too much talent! Is that what you were doing while our PRESIDENT was speaking? I dig Kyle's braid, I think I will sport one tomorrow. Thanks for the funnies.
Can't wait for the next installment!
No household is complete without a smelly jar of Vicks to make everybody whine : )
I sure hope you feel better tomorrow!
HEHEHE.. Thats was funny!
So even for my own benefit, there's a need to take the outrageous stuff that's going on and try to present it in a clear way. Also, to try and highlight the common elements between the cases--which is the conduct of the NCIS.
Otherwise, we're stuck trying to tell a very long, very complicated, story that no one will be able to follow.
All: By the way, anyone who blogs is welcome to take this idea and do whatever with it. Improve it, do your own version, whatever you want. The main thing is to try to tell people what the heck is going on.
Kyle is the quiet, artistic one. While Kyle enjoys curling up with a good book, Kelly enjoys water sports. Together, they're making UCMJ history.
I think I have a nervous tick after watching the SOTU. I should have taped a piece of paper over Ms. Pelosi's face so I could concentrate on the president. Between her blinking, chewing and other movements, I was cracking up through the whole thing. Maybe that was her plan?
Back to Dr. Gelles.... Not sure how significant his name is on the members of the Peace Division of the APA (American Psych Assoc)...may be one of those honorary things.
However he was instrumental in getting interrogation techniques watered down at Gitmo Bay. I think he went through logs and summarized what was being done to the detainees. He reported to the NCIS director, David Brant, that interrogators were using ''abusive techniques and coercive psychological procedures." Then Brant threatened to pull the Navy law enforcement out of Gitmo. Albert Mora, the Navy's general counsel, at the same time objected as well and took it up with the Defense Dept. (Rumsfield). As a result, interrogation techniques got watered down.
The reference to Abu Ghraib was... Dr. Gelles had speculated that using these coercive techniques in one area of the military (Gitmo Bay) could lead to further uses/abuses in other less controlled situations throughout the military. He called it force drift. After Abu Ghraib, in which some of the same techniques started showing up, people took him more seriously. Of course it may have had something to do with the director of the prison syatem in Iraq, but who knows.
How's that?
Do you have a clear picture of who the interrogators were? Was the NCIS objecting to guys from the CIA or CID or what?
If you're referring to Gitmo detainees, don't know. Don't think it was made public knowledge.
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